December 1, 2023

Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale, New Haven, CT

The Buckley Institute organized a packed schedule of top-tier speakers, spanning academia, media, and politics. The 2023 conference honored the 75th anniversary of Richard Weaver’s crucial work, Ideas Have Consequences. A reception and dinner followed the afternoon’s three panel discussions.

The Buckley Institute was excited to welcome some of the sharpest minds to share their perspectives on the major questions and controversies driving the national conversation. Topics included:

• Is Everything Ockam’s Fault? The Denial of Truth and the Contemporary Battle over Meaning


• The Destruction of Distinction: Celebrated Mediocrity, Pursuit of Comfort, and the Spoiled-Child Psychology


• The Indoctrination Machine: News Media, Entertainment, and Weaver’s “Great Stereopticon”

In 2023, we heard from:

• The Washington Free Beacon Editor-in-Chief Eliana Johnson


• The New Criterion Editor & Publisher Roger Kimball


• Claremont Review of Books Associate Editor Spencer Klavan


• National Review Editor-in-Chief Rich Lowry


• Manhattan Institute Thomas W. Smith Fellow Heather Mac Donald


• First Things Editor R. R. Reno


• Reason Senior Editor Stephanie Slade


• The New York Times Columnist Bret Stephens


• The Wall Street Journal Editorial Features Editor James Taranto